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| Developers | |
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| Starbreeze Studios | |
| Tigon Studios | |
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| Vivendi Universal Games | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 7, 2009 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 16, 2010 |
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| The Chronicles of Riddick | |
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| The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | 2004 |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | 2009 |
Key points
- Includes a remake of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.
- The game is very unoptimized for anti-aliasing,[1] recommended to disable it if you have performance issues.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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DRM: TAGES 30-day timer. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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OS X only, DRM: Deliver2Mac | |
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Windows only, DRM: TAGES 30-day timer. | |
Version differences
- All Windows versions except GOG.com have TAGES DRM. After activating the game for a third time, TAGES will start a 30-day timer. After 30 days an activation will be restored up to the original total of three activations.[2]
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Enable quick save
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- Non-16:9 resolutions are letterboxed by default.
- If you're letterboxed on a 16:9 resolution, open
Environment.cfg(located in%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena) and make sure that VID_DWIDTH and VID_DWIDTH are set to the correct values.
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Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
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Input settings
Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 12 | |||
| Online play | Official servers have been shut down. | |||
Issues unresolved
Screen saver mode deletes save files
- Save files will delete themselves if the game is left running and your computer goes into screen saver mode. To avoid this, remember to quit the game before leaving it unattended or disable screen saver mode.
The game fails to restore resolution settings
- The game may fail to change the desktop resolution back to the previous one (by default it launches at 640x480 fullscreen).
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Issues fixed
Game window too large for monitor
- If you're running Windows 7/8/10 and the game window doesn't fit on your monitor when in full screen mode, you may need to lower the scaling on font size. Display Settings > Change the size of text.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista | 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium D 805 or AMD Athlon X2 +3800 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB 2 GB (Vista) | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 11 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra | ATI Radeon HD 3850 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT |
| Controller | Keyboard, mouse or dual-analog gamepad works with Xbox 360 controller | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (9860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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